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Rectobairdia symmetrica

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Bairdia symmetrica was named by Cooper (1946).

It was recombined as Rectobairdia symmetrica by Sohn (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Bairdia paffrathensis, R. confragosa, R. dushanensis, R. dushanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Bairdia symmetrica Cooper
1960Rectobairdia symmetrica Sohn p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
genusRectobairdia
speciessymmetrica(Cooper 1946)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rectobairdia symmetrica Cooper 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height20.5840.5600.6100.5850.035
valve height20.5890.5500.6300.5900.057

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Artinskian or 303.70000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Bairdia reussiana (95377)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) Bairdia reussiana (95361 95379 110321)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Bairdia reussiana (88235 93781 95376 110315 110317)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Bairdia reussiana (110314 110316)